Travis Lee Davis’ Jailbreak Is His Wildest Escape Yet, Which is Saying Something

click to enlarge MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Travis Lee Davis escaped March 9 from Pettis County Jail, authorities say. Travis Lee Davis, a 30-year-old squirrel poacher from rural Missouri, was still on the run this morning after escaping from jail in Sedalia last weekend, and later stealing a police car 350 miles south in Oklahoma. The wiry 150-pounder with the Eye of Providence tattooed on his throat is the subject of a multi-state manhunt. Authorities say he is dangerous — and tough to hold. “He’s an escape artist,” LeFlore County, Oklahoma, Sheriff Rob Seale tells the Riverfront Times. Davis has a long history of running, fighting and sometimes escaping from police. In 2012, a Missouri Department of Conservation agent described tracking him around Morgan County in a wildlife poaching investigation. In a freezer that belonged to the family of Davis’ girlfriend, investigators found deer meat, a raccoon and seven squirrels, according to court records. When they came for Davis, they had to chase him through the woods before taking him into custody, the agent says. In 2015, Sedalia cops checking warrants spotted Davis in a house. As soon as he saw them, he shouted “These guys don’t know me,” and ran upstairs, police say. He smashed out an upstairs window and started climbing down the wall before he spotted another officer and crawled back inside. One of the cops fell through a floor onto the porch as they hunted through the house. Davis busted through another spot in the floor,… [Read full story]